24 August 2014
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The important thing about this chapter is that the energy which
surrounds all living things is not given a particular name; therefore,
anyone can give it the name they find most comfortable. Immediately when
I read the portion that describes the energy which surrounds all
things, I thought “the force”. It works great as a name when I am not
trying to use this field. For me this field needs rules in order to be
used properly, that explains my continual reliance on God and the rules
which He gives us to live by, primarily because it requires very little
thinking on my part. I have been following these “rules” all my life and
whatever thoughts I have given to “why” I follow these rules has only
strengthened my faith in them.
I also like the idea that this energy is stronger and more readily
available in untouched nature, but I’d like to speculate for a moment on
why this is the case. I believe that the energy is most potent in
nature because nature requires no interpretation to see beauty, whereas
things that are manufactured, so to speak, require the viewer to think
about what the artist is trying to convey. Everyone who went to Vicente
found something that was beautiful there, even if it was not always the
same thing. Some were enamored with how the gardens grew rather than the
beauty in the gardens themselves. Either way, attention was being
directed to the gardens, strengthening their energy so that they can
give out more. For one’s own purposes though, I do not believe that
energy can only be found in nature. I like intricate symmetry. I find
beauty in its complexity as well as its simplicity. More so, I find
beauty in the complexity of complex symmetry because its building blocks
are simple. Furthermore, I believe somewhere in my subconscious I know
that artists of whatever type take their inspiration from the world
around them, that is, from nature. Given that premise, energy can be
syphoned from anywhere, even a stuffy office.
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